Thousands of Irish and British tourists have decided to leave Tunisia following Friday’s massacre, in which 38 people, including three Irish citizens, lost their lives.

Any “B” championship must carry the incentive of its decider being staged as the curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland final, says former Leinster chairman Martin Skelly.

Holiday travel chaos looms as French air traffic controllers plan further work stoppages this month

Leinster Council secretary Michael Delaney has come down hard on the Football Review Committee (FRC)’s championship proposals.

The GAA’s provincial councils are planning to finally tackle the club fixture programmes to end the raw deal being endured by the ordinary player.

Leinster could be the setting for another Friday Championship game next year with Longford and Offaly’s first-round game a leading contender.

Leinster GAA chairman Martin Skelly has condemned the ugly scenes at the end of normal time in the All-Ireland SFC Qualifier between Longford and Wexford at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

Leinster chairman Martin Skelly has not ruled out taking Dublin away from Croke Park for Leinster SFC games next year — but admits finance and the adequacy of other county grounds in the province may prohibit against it.

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Leinster council chairman Martin Skelly has extolled the virtues of provincial competition and sees no future for a more evenly divided system of qualifying for the All-Ireland series.

Refereeing recruitment in Munster GAA has hit critically low levels, with Tipperary the latest to experience shortage problems.

The Leinster Council have received an application from Europe GAA for their champions to compete in the provincial junior football championship this year.

Leinster GAA chairman Martin Skelly has welcomed the return of Antrim to the Walsh Cup and also the inclusion of more Ulster hurling teams in the Kehoe Cup competition.

Leinster GAA’s top official has hit out at individual counties for their lack of innovation regarding new infrastructure projects.

Leinster chairman Martin Skelly has appealed to the four clubs involved in this weekend’s senior finals to conduct themselves in a proper manner in light of last Sunday’s racist abuse claim in Armagh.

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Wexford Youths 4 Athlone Town 2

Limerick FC 1 Athlone Town 0

Wexford Youths deservedly won this south east derby at the RSC last night to end Waterford United’s chances of automatic promotion to the Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division.

Ten-man Waterford United slipped up in the race for automatic promotion as they were held to a scoreless draw by Athlone Town at the RSC.

Munster chairman Sean Walsh admitted the attendance for the province’s senior hurling championship semi-final between Clare and Waterford at Semple Stadium fell below pre match expectations.

After sitting out this year's Bord na Mona Walsh Cup, it has been confirmed that the Antrim hurlers will compete in the early season Leinster-based competition in 2013.

Leinster chairman Martin Skelly has poured cold water on Dublin’s hopes of receiving provincial status for funding and administration.

Goalkeeper Shane Finnegan was the Drogheda hero on his debut with two saves in the penalty shoot-out as Mick Cooke’s side won through to the EA Sports Cup third round.

Unbeaten Longford Town stretched their lead at the top of the First Division with a hard-fought win over high-flying Limerick at Jackman Park.

Leinster chairman Martin Skelly was moved to describe Dublin as potential All-Ireland champions after this convincing U21 Leinster final display in Páirc Tailteann.

Leinster Council chairman Martin Skelly feels that weaker counties — and in particular Kilkenny — should be given special dispensation to assemble squads outside of the GAA’s designated inter-county off-season.

Cork County Board chairman Bob Ryan last night said he is hopeful a resolution will be found by the end of this week, to the case that has left former Cork footballer Diarmuid Duggan out of pocket to almost €7,000 due to medical bills incurred while trying to cure a career-ending hip injury.

The Leinster Council are struggling to find a date to re-fix the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup final, a game potentially worth €40,000 to the province’s injured players fund.

REPLAYS will apply to all senior championship games excluding qualifiers if a Central Council motion is passed at next April’s Congress.

CORK County Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan hopes Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s already-reduced 43,500 capacity won’t be further reduced for next summer’s potential Munster marquee games.

CENTRAL COUNCIL are today expected to retain the facility of replays in provincial championship games from next year.

CORK CITY reclaimed second spot in the First Division with a win over Longford Town in Flancare Park on Saturday night.

LEINSTER chairman Martin Skelly has said the GAA have nothing to fear about the return of replays to all provincial games next year.

PROVINCIAL chiefs last night expressed a degree of satisfaction and little surprise with this weekend’s championship crowd figures.

CORK CITY marched to the top of the Airtricity First Division following an emphatic victory over Mervue United at a windy Turner’s Cross last night.

DERRY CITY’S steady Eddie McCallion celebrated his 500th competitive game for the club by leading the Candystripes to victory over Drogheda at the Brandywell last night.

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THE GAA’s provinces will fight against any attempt to redraw their boundaries after president Christy Cooney raised the subject in his address to Congress on Saturday.

LOSSES at the Jackie Skelly Fitness clubs had totalled just over €10 million at the time it was taken over last year.

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A FEMALE security guard at Shannon Airport died from a brain haemorrhage just weeks after she was sent home from the Mid-Western Regional Hospital where she was wrongly diagnosed as suffering from migraine, an inquest in Limerick heard.

THE Leinster Council has defended it’s decision not to re-arrange Sunday’s Leinster football semi-final between Laois and Wexford, claiming it’s hands were tied by TV scheduling commitments.